"Ranma... what are you doing here?" Akira asked, as her best friend came in her shop late in the morning. The former Saotome yawned, bringing up his hand in his mouth.
It was currently 10 AM, and Akira was just finishing off the car she had been fixing. It was a boring job she could have done for herself, but didn't complain when Ranma came sometimes. But today was different, as one can see in the TV.
Ranma, ignoring the news in the TV, went straight to the dirty Akira [hey, she was fixing a car!] "What do you mean what I am I doing here? I always come here until I go to that test... Stupidity," Ranma adds at the end. "I'm a damn teacher... why the hell should I take a test?" he added in a small voice.
"Ano, Ranma, when is this exam of yours?" Akira asked.
"Huh? Oh, I have the date right here," Ranma fumbled towards his pocket. "May 19, 9:45 AM... So what? I still have a day left... it is 18, you know..."
"BAKA! TODAY IS 19!" Akira shouted, and points at the television. "The exam is taking place right NOW!"
"EH?!" Ranma exclaimed, half-surprised and half-doubtful. Looking at where Akira was pointing, Ranma's eyes suddenly went wide as he watched the news...
"Today is an important day for teacher trainees, as they take this exam which allows them to be hired by public high schools," the newswoman says with a smile. "The Exams start at 9:30, and end..."
Ranma didn't let the newswoman finish as he suddenly blanched, sweated turned white, then screamed... ^-^;.
Akira shook her head. "Baka..."
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka Ranma
Lesson 2: Education, What Is?
"NO! NO! NO! NONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!" Ranma kept shouting, slamming his head on a piece of metal. His head began to dent it.
"Ranma, I need that scrap metal," Akira said with an annoyed tone. Ranma ignored her, and kept slamming his head on the metal.
"HOW COULD I BE SO STUPID?!" Ranma moaned as he tried to rip his hair apart. "TODAY! TODAY WAS ANOTHER BIG DAY! ONCE I HAD DONE MY EXAM, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON MY WAY ON MY TEACHING CAREER! BAKABAKABAKABAKA!" and began to slam his fist on his head.
Akira lunged for the scrap metal before Ranma could use it again, and hid it among her other junk. Ranma was still... punishing himself... for his... mistake. It continued on for a few more minutes, with Ranma shouting 'Baka' all the time, Akira had enough. "Ranma, SHUT UP! HOW THE HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO WORK LIKE THIS?!"
"AT LEAST YOU HAVE WORK! ME, ON THE OTHER HAND...!" Ranma was suddenly cut off as Akira did a well-placed kick towards Ranma's crying face. That got the Wild Horse's attention, and stopped bawling for a while.
"OW!" Ranma muttered, his voice muffled by Akira's foot. Satisfied, Akira took her foot out, and looked at Ranma weirdly. Ranma rubbed his nose, and looked at Akira angrily. "What was that for?!"
"That was for making a noise," Akira replied calmly. Taking a deep breath, Akira looked at Ranma again straight in the eyes. "I suspected as much that you forgot what the date of the exam would be..."
"Uh, you did?" Ranma asked, now forgetting his nose. Akira nodded.
"I asked Edge..."
"Ooh, what happened to you calling him 'Eiji' [see Lesson 1a]?" Ranma teased.
Akira narrowed her eyes at him, and raised her foot again. "You want this to your face again?"
"Is that a challenge?" Ranma countered, smirking, knowing full well Akira could not beat him.
"Fine, be that way," Akira turning around, showing her back on Ranma. "And here I was helping you get a job..." That got Ranma's attention...
"Huh? What do you mean?" Ranma asked, curious, and a bit desperate.
"I asked Edge... fine, 'Eiji'... to pull a few strings of some people we knew since our high school years," Akira began. "Some of our 'brothers' [meaning people in the same gang] have other friends, and those friends pulled a few strings." Taking a piece of paper, she faced Ranma and held the paper in front of his face. Ranma gasped.
In there was a list of high schools, and dates and time where interviews were taken place. "W...where did you get this?!" Ranma practically squealed in delight, his hope returning. Akira smiled at Ranma's happy face.
"Like I said, Edge pulled some strings, and asked his friends to allow you to be interviewed by some private schools. Here are the places where you have been appointed to, and the time," Akira replied. She smiled evilly, as she hid the paper in her pocket again, and said in a teasing tone, "But since you don't want to be nice to me, and I can just take this and..." she stopped when Ranma suddenly was in her face, giving the very deadly and defense breaking SPDEs [Sad Puppy Dog Eyes]. It was supposed to create sympathy, but Ranma was looking pretty silly with that impression. Akira laughed.
"Okay, fine, take it," Akira said, still laughing. Taking the paper out, she gave it to Ranma. The man smiled, and began to hug the paper dramatically. Akira laughed harder. "You act like a kid, Ranma."
Ranma stopped, and looked down on the floor with a serious posture. Akira suddenly regretted what she had said. "Sorry..." she muttered.
"Its okay," Ranma replied seriously. "I do act like a kid... maybe because I never have been given a chance to be a child."
Akira nodded. "Yes... you told me that you had your skills when your... father trained you at a very young age." Ranma smiled a bit as Akira mentioned 'father' and was about to say something... but then, he just let it slide. It was understandable, since Ranma never mentioned that his father was a child abuser, or an honorless idiot.
Taking a look at the paper, he began to scan the paper.
1. Furinkan High, Feb. 20...
Ranma stopped reading there, and grabbed a pen, and scratched it out.
2. Holy Forest Academy, Feb. 22, 1:30 PM.
3. Seitow Sannomiya School, Feb. 23, 8:45 PM.
4. Juuban High, Feb. 24, 9:00 AM.
5. Shinnanome High School, Feb. 26, 10:00 AM.
6. Gedo High School, Dec. 99, 2300, Free-Time.
Ranma giggled as he read the last part. He got the joke, and correctly guessed it was Edge who made it. But then, thanks to him, Ranma now had two job openings.
"I'll see about this Holy Forest Academy," Ranma said to Akira. "It sounds like a good place... hmm, a bit far, on the outskirts of Tokyo..."
"You sure?" Akira said warily. Ranma looked at her.
"Why, what's wrong?" Ranma asked.
"Edge said that weird things were going on, concerning one class," Akira said with a thoughtful face. "I'm not sure, since he didn't go into details, but Edge said there was something really going on down there." Ranma raised his eyebrows.
"Well, all I have to do is cross my fingers, and hope that they accept me, and the rumors Edge told you to be false... but knowing my luck..." Ranma began to mutter intelligibly. Akira bent her neck a bit when she heard him mutter about 'People out to kill him' and 'Fiancées out to marry him'. Akira chose to ignore those comments.
"If you want to go there for an interview, go ahead," Akira said. "But you'll need some form to fill up." Turning her back again to Ranma, she pointed some papers at a nearby table. "You can get some there."
Ranma smiled, and gently hugged Akira in the abdomen. "Thanks, Akira..." and he let her go, taking some of the papers in the desk before he left the shop.
Akira had her dirty hands on her cheeks, her face really glowing now. Ranma just touched her... Ranma just touched her... "Oh... my..."
= + | Feb. 22, 12:00 NN | + =
My name... is Onizuka Ranma, and this...
"IS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE!" Ranma shouted happily as he boarded the bus. Finally! Waiting for days, Ranma had the chance to fulfill his dream!
Ranma made sure he was very presentable. Wearing another proper white suit [which Akira had to bleach because of blood stains... yes, she did get angry about it...], and put the form he filled up neatly inside the folder. Ranma never did get the proper name of the form, but he knew it started with resumai or something... Shrugging, Ranma just walked in the bus, trying to find a seat.
Ranma felt like he was hit by a wall when he entered the bus, as it was filled with lots of people. Ranma wouldn't have minded, but when most of the people standing were well-proportioned women...
Ranma blushed as he tried to find a way in the center. Flesh and breasts seem to hit him, and the girls he accidentally bumped with looked at him for a moment, then smiled at him like a predator smiling to its prey. This made Ranma more nervous, as he began to scuttle away, bumping into more females.
Finally... finally, Ranma was able to find a place where there was still a bit of space. Looking around, he sighed as the females seem to lose a bit of interest in him at this point as the bus now started moving. Ranma held on the bar on the roof of the bus to keep balanced. Once again, Ranma looked around again.
There was a cute girl in his left, wearing a nice yellow dress with a knee high executive yellow skirt. She was shorter than him, and she also had nice long flowing brown hair. Her back was turned on Ranma. He found himself staring at her. There was something familiar about the girl's Ki... something familiar.
Before he could even try to find out about what in the girl made him click, a old bald man crept up to her slowly. Slowly, he placed his hand on her buttocks, and began to pet it gently. The girl turned her head a bit, her eyes closed, and eyebrows twitching.
The bus shook, seemingly bumping onto something. The hand, from a gentle wave, suddenly turned into an accidental grope.
"Oops..." the man said with a small lecherous smile.
Ranma reacted before the girl could. Cracking his knuckles, he went straight to the man...
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The bus had to do a temporary stop as Ranma dragged the perverted bald man out of it.
Throwing the man out of the bus, Ranma placed good punch in the guys stomach. It was a weak... weakest actually... punch Ranma had to throw in his life. The man had no prior training, and his age showed. No matter how disgusted Ranma was with the man, he didn't want to cause serious damage on him. It wasn't right.
"OW! YOU LITTLE BASTARD!" the old man shouted as he rubbed his stomach. "YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT!"
"Nani? Pay for what?" Ranma said neutrally, scratching his small pigtail.
"I'll have you charged with assault!" the man replied.
"Fine, then I'll just charge you with sexual assault," a female voice suddenly countered, raising Ranma, and the old man's eyebrows. The man flinched, and covered his face with some shame, as the person behind Ranma was the same woman he had groped.
The man didn't admit defeat, but glared angrily at Ranma. Slowly edging away, the old man backed away from Ranma, and when he was, as he concluded, in a safe distance, the old pervert made a brake for it, running like a coward.
Ranma laughed as he watched the old man scamper out like it was a normal day in Nerima. The man was about to piss on himself. Shaking his head and giggled, toning down his laughter.
"Ano, thank you very much," the female behind Ranma said. Ranma smiled, turned around, and was about to say something cool like 'Nothing to it', but then his eyes widened as he saw who the girl was. His jaw dropped.
"Ano... why are you staring at me like that?" the girl said, her face blushing a bit. The young man in front of her was really handsome. Nice lean body, and that tight butt. Oh, cute pig-tail! she thought.
"Hina... Hinako-sensei..." Ranma muttered. The girl looked surprised.
"Hey, how'd you know my name?" the girl asked.
Somehow, Ranma felt like he was back in Nerima...
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"Hey, how'd you know my name?" the girl asked.
Ranma stared at her for the longest time. The Hinako in front of him was no longer a 10 year old, but a maturing woman in her late teens. She also had this type of aura around here, which mixed her happy-go-lucky attitude [Hinako's child form] and the serious, cold calculating one [Hinako's adult form]. Ranma was confused.
"Hey, I asked you how do you know me!" Hinako repeated, getting angry this time. Her hand became tense as she moved it around her pockets. For some reason, Ranma felt that she still had that stupid 5 Yen coin in her possession.
"I'm sorry, Hinako-sensei!" Ranma bowed a bit. "I recognized you from before. I had studied in Nerima during my high school years..."
Hinako raised her eyebrows. "Really?" she asked, unconvinced.
Ranma knew she was not convinced, and tried to put some more detail in his half-truth. Sure, lying outright was a problem for him, but saying half-truths was an entirely different story. "Yeah. I remember this stupid guy... what was his name? Kino, or something..."
"Ah, yes, Kuno!" Hinako smiled at the memory, then scowled. "Stupid idiot," she whispered.
"Then the two Tendous... Akane and Nabiki..." Ranma began to pretend that he was trying to figure out something. "Ano, was Nabiki the one who hated boys, and had been constantly beating up a mob of boys?"
"That would be Tendou Akane," Hinako nodded again, getting convinced that this guy was the real deal.
"Really? Sorry, but its been 8 years..." Ranma muttered. "Oh, and there was this boy... What was his name? Saotome..."
"Ranma Saotome!" Hinako smiled widely. "Oh, he was one of my favorite delinquents!" she suddenly frowned as the memory went to her. "Too bad he just suddenly vanished eight years ago..." she stopped frowning, and gave a small smile. "Anyway, please introduce yourself. I never met one of my old students."
Ranma's eyes bulged. "Ano... my name is..." Do I tell her my real name? NO! First name?! Hell no! "I'm Onizuka!"
Hinako put a finger in her chin. "Onizuka... Onizuka... Onizuka... Sorry, don't recognize the name." Ranma sighed in defeat. Looks like he would have to come clean, tell her he was really Ranma Saotome, but then, Hinako smiled. "You must be a very well behaved boy for me not to recognize your name!"
"Eh...?" Ranma replied, a bit surprised. He was half expecting Hinako to call him a liar, or something. "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that I am not familiar to your name, so it must have been because you were a good boy," Hinako replied, smiling. "I only remember the names of my delinquents."
Ranma smiled nervously. "Oh... is that really?" Shaking his head, Ranma changed the subject as he got curious why Hinako looked... older and younger at the same time. "Ano, Hinako-sensei... I was wondering... what happened to you? I mean, I saw you as a kid, and as a adult at the same time, but now you look like you are in between. I heard that you had this special power to absorb energy, and made you older and younger..."
Hinako frowned a bit. "Yes, I had that… technique. But then, I noticed my child body growing through the years. I really don't know why it happened, but just did."
"Really?" Ranma asked, curious.
"Yup!" Hinako smiled widely.
= + | Holy Forest Academy | + =
"Oh, this has got to be the weirdest coincidences in the world," Ranma muttered.
Both Ranma and Hinako took another bus and rode again towards their destination. To Ranma, and Hinako's surprise, it seems they both were going to the same place.
"What is?" Hinako asked, in reply to Ranma's statement.
"Its coincidental that after so many years, student and teacher meet again, then find out they are applying for the same school!" Ranma replied.
Hinako agreed. "Yes... it is weird..."
Ranma had gotten over meeting his former English sensei, but he still hasn't gotten over the attitude change. Hinako would sometimes excitedly laugh and act like a child, then go serious like an adult who seen it all. But most of the time, she had this attitude which starts out in the middle. It was also a plus that Hinako didn't recognize him.
"Hey, its getting late," Ranma muttered, looking at his watch. "Let's go!"
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The proceedings went smoothly. Only a few people had come for the interview, and the school had a lot of openings! Ranma could hear each one smiling, as they became the new science teacher, or literature teacher.
Of course, there were a few who hung their heads, as their application was rejected, either because they had no qualifications, or just because slots were narrowing.
"Mr. Onizuka, you are next," a female in front of the interview room called. Ranma nodded, took a deep breath. Hinako, who was beside him, gave him an assuring smile, and whispered that he would do fine.
"Thanks," Ranma muttered, as he smoothened his suit, and fixed his tie a bit. Grabbing the folder he had carried, he walked towards girl.
"Mr. Onizuka?" the girl asked.
"Yup, that's me," Ranma said with a small smile. The girl blushed a bit, seeing the handsome man in front of her.
"You are expected," the girl managed to get out, and opened the door. Ranma thanked her, and proceeded to go in.
When Ranma entered the door, he had this disarming smile on. "Good morning," he began. "My name is Onizuka Ranma, pleasure to meet you." He bowed.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the person who I just met a few minutes ago..."
Ranma stood up erect, and looked at the three people in front of him. Two of them, he didn't recognize. The middle... "YOU!"
It was the old pervert from the bus, and he now looked more menacing and more confident then usual. In front of him, was a nameplate in the table. It read 'Uchiyamada Hiroshi – Vice Principal'.
The man grinned evilly, and Ranma found himself swallowing. His luck really never changes...
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The door opened and slammed shut, with Ranma going out, not happy, not sad, but extremely angry. Hinako looked at Ranma with some apprehension, and was about to ask him what was wrong when he just simply slipped by her. Hinako watched Ranma's retreating back. She sighed.
"Ms. Ninomiya?" the same girl who had called Ranma called Hinako this time. "It's your turn."
Hinako nodded, and took a last look at Ranma before going in...
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"YOU!" Hinako screamed.
"EHK!" Uchiyamada was startled. Hinako takes out a five yen coin, and...
"Happö Tsurisen Gaeshi!"
Well, so much for that...
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"Stupid old pervert," Ranma muttered darkly as he went towards the canteen of the school. Sighing, Ranma took out some money, and called the woman behind the counter. "Ano, excuse me, do you have beer?"
"Young man, you do fully know that this is a school," the woman behind the counter replied. She was chubby, and seem to radiate some type of aura which made other people either ignore her or look at her. She had also had square glasses, and a white bandana around her head.
Ranma smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, I'm just really mad right now."
"Oh really?" the woman said. She bent down and grabbed something, and handed it to Ranma. To his surprise, it was a small can of beer. "Please don't tell anyone that I have alcohol here, and it is against school policy," she whispered.
Ranma nodded. "Oh, sure. I can keep this secret, Obaa-san..."
The woman smiled, and nodded. She watched Ranma open the can of beer, and drank it like it was water. "So, mind telling an old lady about your problems?"
Ranma raised one of his eyebrows, and looked at the can of beer being held to him. The woman didn't seem to type of a person who would sell alcohol, but then she had some hidden, even if it was against school policy. He liked her immediately.
"Let's just say I had met my interviewer before the interview, and we got into a bad foot," Ranma muttered. "Then, when I meet him again, he goes smiling like an idiot who won the first prize of the lottery! He goes on and off about my first greeting was all wrong [Ranma greeted Good Morning, and it was afternoon already], why my resume seem to be so old, not written in some fancy computer. And he even started berating me because my high schools were schools for failures and my college is even worse..."
It was actually true, as Ranma had no formal academic grades during grade school, and Nerima and Gedo were schools known to harbor gang members and mentally ill people. The woman nodded as she listened.
"So, what are you going to do about it?" the woman asked.
"What else? Go to another school," Ranma muttered. "No way I'm going to work with that idiot vice principal."
"Hmm, why do you think the vice principal is an idiot?" the woman asked.
"Because he judges people like some people judge books. Only from their covers," Ranma replied. "So what if my school had some bad reputation? So what if I didn't go to Tokyo U? So what if I beat him up because he was being perverted? It doesn't mean he should follow his own will, ignore most of the good points I had written in that resumai paper here," and with that, Ranma shoved his resume to the woman gently. The woman took the paper and began to read.
"Its called resume," the woman corrected Ranma. "Hmm... nice school you've been to."
"Thanks, but its useless," Ranma muttered. "Keep it. Once I get home, I'll make a new one. If there is one thing good that happened to me today was the mistakes that asshole of a vice principal pointed out," and with that, Ranma finished his can of beer, and crushed the can with minimal effort. "Thank you," he said, and took some money out, paid her.
The woman looked at Ranma with interest, and looked back at his resume. "Onizuka Ranma... you are interesting. Martial Arts... is this correct? You are a black belter in taekwondo, karate-do, and aikido, and a master in kempo?
"Yup," Ranma replied, smiling a bit. "In martial arts, nothing can beat me."
"Really? Interesting. What subject were you applying to be teaching for?" the woman asked.
"Social Sciences..." Ranma replied.
"Hmmm..." was all the woman could reply. The two figures stayed silent as the woman continued reading the resume.
Suddenly, some young men suddenly appeared from the corridors, and had some weapons in their hands. They had an angry look at their faces, as they seem to look desperate as well. With their weapons, they began to smash windows with their weapons.
"UCHIYAMADA! COME OUT!" one of the boys shouted.
"What do we have here," Ranma whistled.
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Uchiyamada was now bowing, bruised and humiliated right now. "I'm so sorry, Ms. Ninomiya. Please forgive my... mistake. I would not done such... actions."
"I will not tolerate any more of those actions from you, understand?" Hinako said coldly, now looking a bit older.
Uchiyamada stood up, and nodded sagely. "I promise. Now, about your application..."
Hinako took out her own resume, and tossed it to the man. Catching it, the man opened it, read a few lines then nodded. "Hmm, you seem to be the person we need. Class starts on April, Ms. Ninomiya." Looking back at the woman, he bowed again. "Please, I really am sorry for my actions from before. Please don't hold it out on me..."
"We shall see," Hinako replied, before turning her back on him, and began to walk away. Once she exited, Uchiyamada gave out a sigh of relief. Never once in his life was he so scared. The girl had some weird powers, and made him weak, and threw a type of energy ball at him. Never in his life will he be scared, which reminded him to change his pants.
With that problem now gone, all Uchiyamada had to do was find a social science teacher, and the day would be over with. He could go home with his wife, and lovely daughter. He would be... suddenly, a figure burst in the room. Uchiyamada recognized him. It was one of their science teachers.
"VICE PRINCIPAL UCHIYAMADA-SAN!" he shouted. "THERE IS A RIOT GOING ON DOWNSTAIRS!"
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"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!" Uchiyamada shouted. He was not having a good day. There were still a few numbers of people to be interviewed, and now, he had some clowns to deal with.
Going down, the balding vice principal was surrounded by some current teachers as he went down to see the source of the riot. There, they saw three boys smashing windows, and throwing down some lockers. When the boys saw him, they all reacted similarly.
"UCHIYAMADA, YOU LITTLE PRAT!" one of the boys. "WE ARE GOING TO KICK YOUR ASS!"
"Who are they?" Uchiyamada asked the teachers around him. The one of his left responded at once.
"They are the three students who you just expelled."
"Oh, those three scumbags!" the vice principal finally remembered. "What are you three doing here eh? You have no right to be here! This school has no place for scum such as you!"
"Damn YOU UCHIYAMADA!" one of them shouted. "Because of you, I won't have any chances to fulfill my dream!"
"Dream?" Uchiyamada laughed. "You? No, surely you are joking! No way some garbage have dreams!"
"You asshole!" one of them shouted, going towards the bald man.
In the sidelines, Ranma and the canteen woman watched with some apprehension. A storm was brewing, and soon, all hell would brake loose. The woman turned to Ranma.
"Why don't you stop it?" the woman said. "Maybe if you saved him, his view of you would be changed, and you might be hired."
Ranma snorted. "I won't save him because of something he did. If he is a man he can solve this."
"Get out of here, before I call the police!" Uchiyamada declared.
"Shut up, bastard!" the second boy said. "Because of you, we will never finish our education!"
"Heh, garbage scums like you don't even deserve proper education!" Uchiyamada replied. "Garbage! Scum! Idiots! Who the society no use for! You are nothing!"
Ranma narrowed his eyes at the vice principal. He formed his hand into a fist, and his arm was shaking. "I had enough of this..." he said softly, so softly that no one heard him except the woman beside him.
Hinako choose that time to finally appear, after disappearing to the bathroom. She now looked once again like a teenager, after doing some well-placed shiatsu pressure points in her chest [now you can guess why she needed to go to the bathroom]. Seeing some boys, she went into defensive mode, and was about to go in when she saw Onizuka walk between the group consisting of the three boys and the vice principal.
"What is he going to do?" Hinako asked herself.
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Tension was brewing as the boys finally seem to snap, and were about to make mince meat out of Uchiyamada [which I wouldn't have minded] when the saw Ranma walking pass them. Uchiyamada noticed too, and grabbed Ranma, and held him in front of himself, shielding him from the boys. "Onizuka-san, get rid of this scum," the vice principal ordered.
"Nani?" Ranma replied neutrally, but his closed fist was shaking.
"HEH! You don't stand a chance against him, boys!" Uchiyamada stated proudly. "I read his resume, and he is a black belter in taekwondo, karate-do, and aikido! If I were you, I would leave now!"
"We don't care if your defender is Spider-Man!" the first boys said. "We are here to make you pay for ruining our lives!"
"Lives of scum like you?!" Uchiyamada replied. "I don't need to ruin it! Your lives were destined to be ruined. It's you, scumbags, idiots and worms who ruin the good name of our school! You should have been expelled long ago!"
"WHY YOU-!"
POW!
From the heat of battle, confusion reigned as all people, judging by the shocked look in their faces were flabbergasted as Uchiyamada, who had been behind Ranma up to that point, was flying away. Ranma had his fist out, and apparently, punched the vice principal dead on the face.
The bald man was now an unconscious heap on the floor. The other teachers gasped, and rushed towards the fallen man.
"WHAT?!" "How could you?!" "Do YOU KNOW WHO HE IS?!"
Ranma's mouth began to twitch. "I DON'T CARE WHO HE IS!"
"You are in big trouble after he wakes up!" another teacher declared.
"Then let trouble come," Ranma replied coldly. "I can't stand people like him, who think they are all mightier than the others, belittling those who they think are lower than them." Waving his hand towards the three boys, he continued, "In my life, I was called this and that, not really fully understanding my situation. Pervert, honorless bastard, idiot, son of a butcher, delinquent... do you people get high on insulting others?"
Hinako just stared at Onizuka as some of his words came through. And it was not only that, it was also the eyes of the young man. It had this intense, feral look into it, which reminded her of someone.
"Have any of you even understood what these boys had to go through?" Ranma asked as he pointed at the three boys now looking at him. "Or did you guys just throw them out because you think they are scum? If that is how the teaching is here, then I am really glad I was not hired." Turning his back on them, Ranma faced the students. "What are you guys doing here? If you still want to beat an unconscious man, then he might even be right. If you are angry at him, take it out on him when he is awake, and not cowardly try to beat him up when he is asleep."
The boys bowed their head. "Sorry..." they said.
Ranma nodded. "Its okay." And with that, he walked away.
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"ONIZUKA-SAN! WAIT!" Hinako shouted as she ran towards the back of the pigtailed man, waving her arm. "WAIT!"
Ranma looked back, and saw Hinako waving at him. He was currently outside the school building, in the grounds, and waved back at the young woman.
"Hello, Hinako-sensei," Ranma greeted as Hinako finally caught up with him.
"Now I know why you were down when you went out of the interview room," Hinako muttered. "I could not believe the pervert from the bus is the vice principal!"
"So, you were rejected too, huh?" Ranma asked.
"I wish!" Hinako replied. "The guy apologized after I got through with him, and hired me on the spot!"
Ranma forced a small smile. "Good for you, Hinako-sensei... Hope you enjoy your job."
"Hey, don't talk like that!" Hinako countered. "You are my former student, embarking on a noble cause in teaching! I can help you out, you know. I can convince that Uchiyamada to hire you and..."
Ranma raised his arm, to stop Hinako from going. Bowing a bit, Ranma said, "I thank you for your offer, Hinako-sensei, but I made my mind not to teach in this school."
Hinako nodded. "Yes... I saw your performance a few minutes ago." Hinako raised her fist. "You punched him real good!"
Ranma laughed softly. "That I did... Well, since I was not hired, back to school hunting..." and he turned his back on her and continued on his way.
"Did a teacher really call you that?" Hinako suddenly asked.
"Call me what?" Ranma asked, without facing Hinako.
"Call you a delinquent," Hinako replied.
"It was a long time ago, Hinako-sensei," Ranma replied, his eyes closed. "Yes, my former teacher had called me that lots of times... but then, during those times, I did deserve it."
"Onizuka-san..." Hinako whispered softly, as she watched Ranma's retreating back.
Ranma looked up, not really caring anymore how far he was from the Holy Forest. Taking his list, he saw that he had another opportunity tomorrow. "Let's see about Seitow Sannomiya School," Ranma stated, nodding to himself.
= + | Feb. 23, Seitow Sannomiya School, 8:54 AM | + =
"NANI?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WON'T ACCEPT ME BECAUSE I AM MALE?!" Ranma shouted. "What stupid reason is that?!"
"You are making my point clear," the tight lipped bit-... woman replied to Ranma. "Men don't have what it takes to raise our students in a loving environment. They are too violent, greedy, perverted... I'm sorry, Mr. Onizuka, but we can't accept you."
"Just because I am a male? Oh, that is so stupid!" Ranma wanted to take a shot at the woman. She was berating him just because nature had chosen him to be an XY carrying mammal.
The woman sneered, and turned cold. "It does not matter if you find my views stupid or not, but as I said, you cannot be hired."
Ranma twitched from head to toe. The woman was older than him, yet she was so narrow minded. "FINE! If the school here is too close minded, then working here is nothing but a pain in the ass," and with that, he raised his middle finger, a sign understood by all, especially the woman. Before she could do anything, Ranma walked out, in a frenzy mood. He slammed the door shut.
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My name is Onizuka Ranma. My dream is to be the greatest teacher known to Japan, because I had promised to a person whom I truly respected... Kazama Daigo. Yet, on my quest, I have been bumping into dead ends, and seeing the stupidity of people.
Ranma scratched out Seitow Sannomiya School in the list with 10 lines as to hide the stupid name. It was getting stupid. Holy Forest has a perverted Vice Principal, Seitow Sannomiya School had a policy against males. What's next? Juuban High having females with secret identities, saving the world from demons. Or maybe Shinnanome High School would find some type of ruins at their basement and 3 students and one teacher would wind up missing, and were transported to an another dimension?
RING! RING!
Ranma took his ringing cellphone from his pocket, and answered it. "Hello..."
"Ranma," it was Akira.
"Akira, what is it?" Ranma asked.
"Edge told me the director of the school wants to talk to you," Akira's vocie replied.
"What school?" Ranma asked.
"Holy Forest," Akira replied. "The director really wanted to talk to you, Edge told me. He also said the director would consider hiring you."
"Forget it," Ranma replied. "No way I'm going to work with some pervert who thinks he is all..."
"Ranma, Edge told me the director wants to hire you because you hit the vice president..." Ranma flinched. "Is it true?" Akira asked.
Smiling a bit, Ranma muttered, "Kinda..."
"Baka," Akira replied. "Anyway, the director will be waiting for you today and said will interview you, and hire you. Think about it..."
Ranma stared at his phone as Akira cut the line. He thought about it...
= + | Akira's Shop | + =
Once Akira had cut the line, she looked at the young woman in front of her. "Is that enough, Ms. Ninomiya?" she asked.
"Yes, that is enough, Ms. Kazama," Hinako replied, with an appreciative nod. She got the address of Akira's shop from the director of the school. The director told her that it was on Ranma's application form and resume. "Thank you very much."
"No need to thank me," Akira replied, nodding. "I want my friend to be happy."
"Ne, and I wanted my former student to be happy too!" Hinako replied, smiling. "Anyway, thank you very much."
"Like I said, no problem," Akira replied.
= + | Holy Forest Academy; 2:06 PM | + =
Ranma sighed for the umpth time as he found himself staring at the front gate of the Holy Forest Academy. It was deserted, yet Akira had told him the director of the school was waiting for him.
Ranma shrugged. It didn't hurt to come. He just hoped that the director was more open minded than that last bit... woman in Seitow Sannomiya School. Man, he really wanted to punch her lights out.
Ranma walked in the grounds, finding himself a bit nervous. It was like a ghost school, Ranma looked around him. He walked towards the entrance of the school building...
"You came," a female voice called. Ranma whirled around, and stared towards his left, the source of the voice. He raised his eyebrows. It was the canteen woman in an executive suit. "Good afternoon. I've been expecting you."
Ranma stared at her for a moment, then groaned. "That was cruel, Obaa-san," Ranma muttered. "Luring me here, with a proposal to teach in the school. Are you here to hire me as a helper in your canteen?"
The woman just smiled mysteriously, and motioned Ranma to follow her.
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"You have got to be kidding," Ranma muttered stupidly as the woman finally led him to a room, which read 'School Director'. Looking at the chubby woman, he asked, "Are you the school director?"
The woman just gave a mysterious smile, and opened the door. Motioning Ranma inside, she made herself towards the large desk inside the room. Going behind the desk, she sat down promptly, and took a few stacks of papers out.
"Onizuka Ranma, age 24, have been taught in Furinkan and Gedo High, graduate to a... reasonably standardized college. Had trouble with the police because of connections to a large gang in Japan..." the woman gave the resume Ranma had given to her back. "I am Sakurai Ryoko, Holy Forest's School Director..."
[Image of a volcano blowing up]
"Holy! You are?!" Ranma asked, shocked... very shocked. "But you were behind the canteen counter when I met you!"
"Ah," Director Sakurai smiled. "That is one of my hobbies. I love observing people around the school, seeing first hand the problems before it is even reported to me."
"You are so devious," Ranma muttered, more as a compliment than an insult.
"Thanks," the Director replied, smiling. "So, Onizuka Ranma, looks like all the papers have filled up, application seems to be settled. You are now hired as of now."
Hired... hired... hired...
"E-Excuse me!" Ranma muttered, his face contorted with confusion. "Are you just going to hire me..." he snapped his fingers, "just like that?"
Director Sakurai smiled. "Yes. Why? Does it seem so unnatural to you?"
"Damn right it does!" Ranma replied. "Knowing my luck, nothing comes so easily. There is a catch."
Sakurai nodded. "Yes there is... very sharp, Onizuka-san."
"HA! I knew it!" Ranma smirked. "Fine, so tell me. What's the catch?"
"Nothing hard," Sakurai stood up and walked away from her desk. Ranma followed her a bit. "As you have heard, this school is one of those prestigious schools in Japan." She faced Ranma. "That is our outer face. Inside, it's a different story. We have students dropping out, drugs, blackmail, and some cases of prostitution." Sakurai shook her head. "It is probably unbelievable, but its true."
"But what does it have to do with me?" Ranma asked.
"Because I believe I finally found the person who can solve this problems," Sakurai replied. "The passion you showed when you punched Vice Principal Uchiyamada's face, the pity towards the kicked out students, the understanding no one seems to have... I have a feeling that you would be one of our greatest teachers I would have ever seen." She bowed down towards Ranma. "Please, Onizuka-san, please help us."
Ranma scratched his head. "Let me get this straight," Ranma muttered. "You want to hire me because I just punched the vice president, understood what the students had felt, and because you feel I am the only person capable of helping you?"
"That is correct," Sakurai replied, raising her head. "So, will you accept?"
"Hell yeah!" Ranma replied, clutching his fist. "Its my dream to become the greatest teacher anyone will ever see, and I will prove it by showing everyone what I can do! Anything goes!"
Sakurai looked relieved, and sighed. "Thank you, Onizuka-san... no. Onizuka-sensei!"
Ranma smirked. Raising his fist, he declared in a very confident tone, "Watch out Holy Forest, Great Teacher Onizuka Ranma is here!"
To Be Continued...
NEXT: Ranma gets assigned to class 3-4, rumored to be the 'taboo' class. There, he'll meet molesting girls, suicidal boys, and a picture of himself tied to a horse with a dildo up in his butt... ^-^ NEXT!
Author: Well, corrected some stuff which made me eyes twitch when I read the story again. Hope you notice them ^-^.